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The Feast of Our Lady of the Candles, also known as the Jaro Fiesta, is an annual religious festival celebrated every February 2 in the district of Jaro. It is considered one of the largest Marian feasts in the country. The celebration is district-wide, with the main activities centered around Jaro Plaza and the Jaro Cathedral. [13]
Image of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Our Lady of Candles) perched atop the facade of Jaro Cathedral in Jaro, Iloilo City.It is the first marian statue canonically crowned personal without a papal legate by a pope and saint in the Philippines and Asia when John Paul II visited the Philippine islands in 1981, elevating her as the official patron of Western Visayas and Romblon.
Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary: May 27, 1865 (159 years, 256 days) none: Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles: 95 parishes and 1 mission station Diocese of Bacolod Dioecesis Bacolodensis
The Diocese of Bacolod is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Negros Occidental, Philippines.A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jaro, [6] its jurisdiction covers most of the northwestern towns and cities of the province of Negros Occidental namely, as far as Victorias City in the north and the Municipality of Hinigaran in the south.
Buzon was born in Cebu City, Cebu on 14 March 1950. He attended Don Bosco Academy in San Fernando, Pampanga for his secondary school education, and the Don Bosco College Seminary in Canlubang, Pampanga, where he earned a college degree in Industrial Education, majoring in Electricity. [2]
In January 2012, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines approved the cathedral as the National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles, the second Marian-dedicated church or cathedral (1st National Shrine in Western Visayas) to receive such status in Visayas and Mindanao. [9] It was declared as such on February 2 of the same year. [5]
The Jaro Cathedral or National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles, the seat of Roman Catholicism in the Western Visayas region. The image of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Jaro (Candelaria) perched atop the facade of Jaro Cathedral, the Catholic patron of Western Visayas. Jaro is the cradle of Christian faith in Iloilo and Western Visayas.
Honours Our Lady of the Candles: Pedrista Festival (Feast of San Pedro Bautista) First Sunday / Week of February Quezon City Honours San Pedro Bautista (a Franciscan Martyr) who lived in Quezon City and Founded San Francisco del Monte (Frisco); San Pedro Bautista is one of the Patron Saints of Quezon City Bicol Arts Festival [31] Feb 1 to Feb ...